July, July!
Another crazy July weekend, as I took home third place money ($18k) in a ten-way chop of the Mohegan Sun deep stack event #4 ($600 buy-in). I've had a great run of luck this past month, and it feels like something has been clicking (I just haven't figured out what "something" is).
I'll try to put together a full recap later in the week, in which I may address the following questions:
- Why would an WNBA all-star not raise pocket Aces pre-flop from the small blind (or how I paid off top set with bottom two)?
- Does a chicken enchilada really have healing properties?
- Does K9 have magical suckout powers? (Affirmative.)
- How do you get a table to agree to a 10-way chop?
- Why are players with "backers" so annoying?
4 Comments:
"It never seemed so strange"
Must have been a really weak final table for all ten to agree to a chop. Nice cash.
I think it was mainly the very top-heavy payout structure ($54k to first, 24k to second, and 18k to third). The jump from second to first is so big that chopping is much more appealing.
That said, if i ever get around to posting, there definitely were annoying chop politics going on as we hit the final table. While I was glad that Mohegan Sun faciliated the chop (although they really need an ICM calculator), there's something to be said for the rule preventing players from discussing at the table.
However weak they were, carrying home all that cash has probably bulked them up.
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